THE FIRST

BOOK OF PARALIPOMEMON.

Chapter 1

5 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and
Magog, and Madai, and Javan, Thubal,
Mosoch, Thiras.

6 And the sons of Gomer: Ascenez, and
Riphath, and Thogorma.

7 And the sons of Javan: Elisa and
Tharsis, Cethim and Dodanim.

8 The sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesrai,
and Phut, and Chaanan.

9 And the sons of Chus: Saba, and Hevila,
Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabathaca.
And the sons of Regma: Saba, and Dadan.

10 Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began
to be mighty upon earth.

11 But Mesraim begot Ludim, and Anamim,
and Laabim, and Nephtuim,

12 Phetrusim also, and Casluim: from
whom came the Philistines, and Caphtorim.

13 And Chanaan beget Sidon his
firstborn, and the Hethite,

14 And the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite,
and the Gergesite,

15 And the Hevite, and the Aracite,
and the Sinite,

16 And the Aradian, and the Samarite,
and the Hamathite.

17 The sons of Sem: Elam and Asur,
and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and
Hus, and Hul, and Gether, and Mosoch.

18 And Arphaxad beget Sale, and Sale
beget Heber.

19 And to Heber were born two sons,
the name of the one was Phaleg, because
In his days the earth was divided; and
the name of his brother was Jectan.

20 And Jectan beget Elmodad, and
Saleph, and Asarmoth, and Jare,

21 And Adoram, and Usal, and Decla,

22 And Hebal, and Abimael, and Saba,

23 And Ophir, and Hevila, and Jobab.
All these are the sons of Jectan.

24 Sem, Arphaxad, Sale,

25 Heber, Phaleg, Ragau,

26 Serug, Nachor, Thare,

27 Abram, this is Abraham.

28 And the sons of Abraham, Isaac and
Ismahel.

29 And these are the generations of
them. The firstborn of Ismahel, Nabajoth,
then Cedar, and Adbeel, and Mabsam,

30 And Masma, and Duma, Massa, Hadad,
and Thema,

31 Jetur, Naphis, Cedma: these are the
sons of Ismahel.

32 And the sons of Cetura, Abraham's
concubine, whom she bore: Zamran,
Jecsan, Madan, Madian, Jesboc, and Sue.
And the sons of Jecsan, Saba, and Dadan.
And the sons of Dadan: Assurim, and
Latussim, and Laomin.

33 And the sons of Madian: Epha,
and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida,
and Eldaa. All these are the sons of
Cetura.

21 And the son of Hananias was Phaltias
the father of Jeseias, whose son was Raphaia.
And his son was Arnan, of whom
was born Obdia, whose son was Sechenias.

22 The son of Sechenias, was Semeia,
whose sons were Hattus, and Jegaal, and
Baria, and Naaria, and Saphat, six in
number.

23 The sons of Naaria, Elioenai, and
Ezechias, and Ezricam, three.

24 The sons of Elioenai, Oduia, and
Eliasub, and Pheleia, and Accub, and Johanan,
and Dalaia, and Anani, seven.

Chapter 4

1 The sons of Juda: Phares, Hesron,
and Charmi, and Hur, and Sobal.

2 And Raia the son of Sobal beget
Jahath, of whom were born Ahumai, and
Laad. These are the families of Sarathi.

3 And this is the posterity of Etam: Jezrahel,
and Jesema, and Jedebos: and the
name of their sister was Asalelphuni.

4 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and
Ezar the father of Hosa, these are the
sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephratha
the father of Bethlehem.

5 And Assur the father of Thecua had
two wives, Halaa and Naara:

6 And Naara bore him Ozam, and
Hepher, and Themani, and Ahasthari: these
are the sons of Naara.

7 And the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar,
and Ethnan.

8 And Cos begot Anob, and Soboba,
the kindred of Aharehel the son of Arum.

9 And Jabes was more honourable than
any of his brethren, and his mother called
his name Jabes, saying: Because I bore
him with sorrow.

10 And Jabes called upon the God of
Israel, saying: If blessing thou wilt bless
me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy
hand be with me, and thou save me
from being oppressed by evil. And God
granted him the things he prayed for.

11 And Caleb the brother of Sua beget
Mahir, who was the father of Esthon.

12 And Esthon beget Bethrapha, and
Phesse, and Tehinna father of the city of
Naas: these are the men of Recha.

13 And the sons of Cenez were Othoniel,.
and Saraia. And the sons of Othoniel,
Hathath, and Maonathi.

14 Maonathi beget Ophra, and Saraia
begot Joab the father of the Valley of
artificers: for artificers were there.

15 And the sons of Caleb the son of
Jephone, were Hir, and Ela, and Naham.
And the sons of Ela: Cenez.

16 The sons also of Jaleleel: Ziph, and
Zipha, Thiria, and Asrael.

17 And the sons of Esra, Jether, and
Mered, and Epher, and Jalon, and he beget
Mariam, and Sammai, and Jesba the father
of Esthamo.

18 And his wife Judaia, bore Jared the
father of Gedor, and Heber the father of
Socho, and Icuthiel the father of Zanoe.
And these are the sons of Bethia the
daughter of Pharao, whom Mered took
to wife.

19 And the sons of his wife Odaia the
sister of Naham the father of Celia,
Garmi, and Esthamo, who was of Machathi.

20 The sons also of Simon, Amnon, and
Rinna the son of Hanan, and Thilon.
And the sons of Jesi Zoheth, and
Benzoheth.

21 The sons of h Sela the son of Juda:
Her the father of Lecha, and Laada the
father of Maresa, and the families of the
house of them that wrought fine linen in
the House of oath.

22 And he that made the sun to stand,
and the men of Lying, and Secure, and
Burning, who were princes in Moab, and
who returned into Lahem. Now these
are things of old.

23 These are the potters, and they dwelt
in Plantations, and Hedges, with the king
for his works, and they abode there.

24 The sons of Simeon: Namuel, and
Jamin, Jarib, Zara, Saul:

25 Sellum his son, Mapsam his son,
Masma his son.

26 The sons of Masma: Hamuel his son,
Zachur his son, Semei his son.

27 The sons of Semei were sixteen, and
six daughters: but his brethren had not
many sons, and the whole kindred could
not reach to the sum of the children of
Juda.

28 And they dwelt in Bersabee, and
Molada, and Hasarsuhal,

29 And in Bala, and in Asom, and in
Tholad,

30 And in Bathuel, and in Horma, and
in Siceleg,

31 And in Bethmarchaboth, and in
Hasarsusim, and in Bethberai, and in Saarim.
These were their cities unto the reign of
David.

32 Their towns also were Etam, and
Aen, Remmon, and Thochen, and Asan,
five cities.

33 And all their villages round about
these cities as far as Baal. This was their
habitation, and the distribution of their
dwellings.

34 And Mosabab and Jemlech, and Josa,
the son of Amasias,

35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of
Josabia the son of Saraia, the son of Asiel,

36 And Elioenai, and Jacoba, and
Isuhaia, and Asaia, and Adiel, and Ismiel,
and Banaia,

37 Ziza also the son of Sephei the son
of Allon the son of Idaia the son of Semri
the son of Samaia.

38 These were named princes in their
kindreds, and in the houses of their
families were multiplied exceedingly.

39 And they went forth to enter into
Gador as far as to the east side of the
valley, to seek pastures for their flocks.

40 And they found fat pastures, and
very good, and a country spacious, and
quiet, and fruitful, in which some of the
race of Cham had dwelt before.

41 And these whose names are written
above, came in the days of Ezechias king
of Juda: and they beat down their tents,
and slew the inhabitants that were found
there, and utterly destroyed them unto
this day: and they dwelt in their place,
because they found there fat pastures.

42 Some also of the children of Simeon,
five hundred men, went into mount Seir,
having for their captains Phaltias and
Naaria and Raphaia and Oziel the sons
of Jesi:

43 And they slew the remnant of the
Amalecites, who had been able to escape,
and they dwelt there in their stead unto
this day.

Chapter 5

1 Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn
of Israel, (for he was his firstborn:
but forasmuch as he defiled his father's
bed, his first birthright was given to the
sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he
was not accounted for the firstborn.

2 But of the race of Juda, who was the
strongest among his brethren, came the
princes: but the first birthright was
accounted to Joseph.)

3 The sons then of Ruben the firstborn
of Israel were Enoch, and Phallu, Esron,
and Charmi.

4 The sons of Joel: Samaia his son, Gog
his son, Semei his son,

5 Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his
son,

6 Beera his son, whom Thelgathphalnasar
king of the Assyrians carried
away captive, and he was prince in the
tribe of Ruben.

7 And his brethren, and all his kindred,
when they were numbered by their
families, had for princes Jehiel, and Zacharias.

8 And Bala the son of Azaz, the son of
Samma, the son of Joel, dwelt in Aroer
as far as Nebo, and Beelmeon.

9 And eastward he had his habitation as
far as the entrance of the desert, and the
river Euphrates. For they possessed a
great number of cattle in the land of
Galaad.

10 And in the days of Saul they fought
against the Agarites, and slew them, and
dwelt in their tents in their stead, in all
the country, that looketh to the east of
Galaad.

11 And the children of Gad dwelt over
against them in the land of Basan, as far
as Selcha:

12 Johel the chief, and Saphan the
second: and Janai, and Saphat in Basan.

13 And their brethren according to the
houses of their kindreds, were Michael,
and Mosollam, and Sebe, and Jorai, and
Jacan, and Zie, and Heber, seven.

14 These were the sons of Abihail, the
son of Hurl, the son of Jara, the son of
Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of
Jesisi, the son of Jeddo, the son of But.

15 And their brethren the sons of
Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house
in their families,

16 And they dwelt in Galaad, and in
Basan and in the towns thereof, and in
all the suburbs of Saron, unto the borders.

17 All these were numbered in the days
of Joathan king of Juda, and in the days
of Jeroboam king of Israel.

18 The sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and
of the half tribe of Manasses, fighting
men, bearing shields, and swords, and
bending the bow, and trained up to
battles, four and forty thousand seven
hundred and threescore that went out to war.

19 They fought against the Agarites:
but the Itureans, and Naphis, and Nodab,

20 Gave them help. And the Agarites
were delivered into their hands, and all
that were with them, because they called
upon God in the battle: and he heard
them, because they had put their faith in
him.

21 And they took all that they possessed,
of camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two
hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses
two thousand, and of men a hundred
thousand souls.

22 And many fell down slain : for it was
the battle of the Lord. And they dwelt
in their stead till the captivity.

23 And the children of the half tribe of
Manasses possessed the land, from the
borders of Basan unto Baal, Hermon, and
Sanir, and mount Hermon, for their
number was great.

24 And these were the heads of the
house of their kindred, Epher, and Jesi,
and Eliel, and Esriel, and Jeremia, and
Odoia, and Jediel, most valiant and
powerful men, and famous chiefs in their
families.

25 But they forsook the God of their
fathers, and went astray after the gods
of the people of the land, whom God
destroyed before them.

26 And the God of Israel stirred up the
spirit of Phul king of the Assyrians,
and the spirit of Thelgathphalnasar king
of Assur: and he carried away Ruben,
and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses,
and brought them to Lahela, and to
Habor, and to Ara, and to the river of Gozan,
unto this day.

Chapter 6

1 The sons of Levi were Gerson,
Caath, and Merari.

2 The sons of Caath: Amram, Isaar,
Hebron, and Oziel.

3 The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses,
and Mary. The sons of Aaron: Nadab
and Abiu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

4 Eleazar beget Phinees, and Phinees
beget Abisue,

5 And Abisue beget Bocci, and Bocci
begot Ozi.

6 Ozi beget Zaraias, and Zaraias beget
Maraioth.

7 And Maraioth beget Amarias, and
Amarias beget Achitob.

8 Achitob beget Sadoc, and Sadoc
begot Achimaas.

9 Achimaas beget Azarias, Azarias
begot Johanan,

10 Johanan beget Azarias. This is he
that executed the priestly office in the
house which Solomon built in Jerusalem.

11 And Azarias beget Amarias, and
Amarias beget Achitob.

12 And Achitob beget Sadoc, and Sadoc
beget Sellum,

13 Sellum beget Helcias, and Helcias
beget Azarias,

14 Azarias beget Saraias, and Saraias
beget Josedec.

15 Now Josedec went out, when the
Lord carried away Juda, and Jerusalem,
by the hands of Nabuchodonosor.

16 So the sons of Levi were Gerson,
Caath, and Merari.

17 And these are the names of the sons
of Gerson: Lobni and Semei.

18 The sons of Caath : Amram, and Isaar,
and Hebron, and Oziel.

19 The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi.
And these are the kindreds of Levi according
to their families.

20 Of Gerson: Lobni his son, Jahath his
son, Zamma his son,

21 Joah his son, Addo his son, Zara his
son, Jethrai his son.

22 The sons of Caath, Aminadab his son,
Core his son, Asir his son,

23 Elcana his son, Abiasaph his son,
Asir his son,

24 Thahath his son, Uriel his son, Ozias
his son, Saul his son.

25 The sons of Elcana: Amasai, and
Achimoth.

26 And Elcana. The sons of Elcana:
Sophai his son, Nahath his son,

27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elcana
his son.

28 The sons of Samuel: the firstborn
Vasseni, and Abia.

29 And the sons of Merari, Moholi:
Lobni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son,

30 Sammaa his son, Haggia his son,
Asaia his son.

31 These are they, whom David set over
the singing men of the house of the Lord,
after that the p ark was placed:

32 And they ministered before the
tabernacle of the testimony, with singing,
until Solomon built the house of the Lord
in Jerusalem, and they stood according
to their order in the ministry.

33 And these are they that stood with
their sons, of the sons of Caath, Hemam
a singer, the son of Joel, the son of
Sammuel,

34 The son of Elcana, the son of
Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Thohu,

35 The son of Suph, the son of Elcana,
the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

36 The son of Elcana, the son of Johel,
the son of Azarias, the son of Sophonias,

37 The son of Thahath, the son of Asir,
the son or Abiasaph, the son of Core,

38 The son of Isaar, the son of Caath,
the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on
his right hand, Asaph the son of Barachias,
the son of Samaa.

40 The son of Michael, the son of Basaia,
the son of Melchia.

41 The son of Athanai, the son of Zara,
the son of Adaia.

42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zamma,
the son of Semei.

43 The son of Jeth, the son of Gerson,
the son of Levi.

44 And the sons of Merari their
brethren, on the left hand, Ethan the son of
Cusi, the son of Abdi, the son of Meloch,

45 The son of Hasabia, the son of
Amasai, the son of Helcias,

46 The son of Amasai, the son of Boni,
the son of Somer,

47 The son of Moholi, the son of Mud,
the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

48 Their brethren also the Levites, who
were appointed for all the ministry of the
tabernacle of the house of the Lord.

49 But Aaron and his sons offered burnt
offerings upon the altar of holocausts, and
upon the altar of incense, for very work
of the holy of holies: and to pray for
Israel according to all that Moses the
servant of God had commanded.

50 And these are the sons of Aaron:
Eleazar his son, Phinees his son, Abisue
his son,

51 Bocci his son, Ozi his son, Zarahia
his son,

52 Meraioth his son, Amarias his son,
Achitob his son,

53 Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son.

54 And these are their dwelling places
by the towns and confines, to wit, of
the sons of Aaron, of the families of
the Caathites: for they fell to them by
lot.

55 And they gave them Hebron in the
land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof
round about:

56 But the fields of the city, and the
villages to Caleb son of Jephone.

57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave
the cities for refuge Hebron, and Lobna,
and the suburbs thereof,

58 And Jether and Esthemo, with their
suburbs, and Helon, and Dabir with their
suburbs:

59 Asan also, and Bethsames, with their
suburbs.

60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin:
Gabee and its suburbs, Almath with its
suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs:
all their cities throughout their families
were thirteen.

61 And to the sons of Caath that
remained of their kindred they gave out
of the half tribe of Manasses ten cities
in possession.

62 And to the sons of Gerson by their
families out of the tribe of Issachar, and
out of the tribe of Aser, and out of the
tribe of Nephtali, and out of the tribe of
Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities. their

63 And to the sons of Merari by
families out of the tribe of Ruben, and
out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the
tribe of Zabulon, they gave by lot twelve
cities.

64 And the children of Israel gave to
the Levites the cities, and their suburbs.

65 And they gave them by lot, out of
the tribe of the sons of Juda, and out of
the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out
of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these
cities which they called by their names.

66 And to them that were of the kindred
of the sons of Caath, and the cities
in their borders were of the tribe of
Ephraim.

67 And they gave the cities of refuge
Sichem with its suburbs in mount
Ephraim, and Gazer with its suburbs,

68 Jecmaan also with its suburbs, and
Beth-horon in like manner,

69 Helon also with its suburbs, and
Gethremmon in like manner,

70 And out of the half tribe of Manasses,
Aner and its suburbs, Baalam and its
suburbs: to wit, to them that were left of
the family of the sons of Caath.

71 And to the sons of Gersom, out of
the kindred of the half tribe of Manasses,
Gaulon, in Basan, and its suburbs, and
Astharoth with its suburbs.

72 Out of the tribe of Issachar, Cedes
and its suburbs, and Dabereth with its
suburbs;

73 Ramoth also and its suburbs, and
Anem with its suburbs.

74 And out of the tribe of Aser: Masal
with its suburbs, and Abdon in like
manner;

75 Hucac also and its suburbs, and Rohol
with its suburbs.

76 And out of the tribe of Nephtali, Cedes
in Galilee and its suburbs, Hamon with its
suburbs, and Cariathaim, and its suburbs.

77 And to the sons of Merari that
remained: out of the tribe of Zabulon,
Remmono and its suburbs, and Thabor with
its suburbs.

78 Beyond the Jordan also over against
Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan,
out of the tribe of Ruben, Bosor in the
wilderness with its suburbs, and Jassa
with its suburbs;

79 Cademoth also and its suburbs, and
Mephaath with its suburbs;

80 Moreover also out of the tribe of Gad,
Ramoth in Galaad and its suburbs, and
Manaim with its suburbs;

81 Hesebon also with its suburbs, and
Jazer with its suburbs.

Chapter 7

1 Now the sons of Issachar were
Thola, and Phua, Jasub and Simeron,
four.

2 The sons of Thola: Ozi and Raphaia,
and Jeriel, and Jemai, and Jebsem, and
Samuel, chiefs of the houses of their
kindreds. Of the posterity of Thola were
numbered in the days of David, two and
twenty thousand six hundred most valiant
men.

3 The sons of Ozi: Izrahia, of whom were
born Michael, and Obadia, and Joel, and
Jesia, five all great men.

4 And there were with them by their
families and peoples, six and thirty
thousand most valiant men ready for
war: for they had many wives and
children.

5 Their brethren also throughout all the
house of Issachar, were numbered
fourscore and seven thousand most valiant
men for war.

6 The sons of s Benjamin were Bela, and
Bechor, and Jadihel, three.

7 The sons of Bela: Esbon, and Ozi, and
Ozial, and Jerimoth and Urai, five chiefs
of their families, and most valiant
warriors, and their number was twenty-two
thousand and thirty-four.

8 And the sons of Bechor were Zamira,
and Joas, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and
Amai, and Jerimoth, and Abia, and
Anathoth, and Almath: all these were the
sons of Bechor.

9 And they were numbered by the
families, heads of their kindreds, most valiant
men for war, twenty thousand and two
hundred.

10 And the son of Jadihel: Balan. And
the sons of Balan: Jehus and Benjamin
and Aod, and Chanana, and Zethan and
Tharsis, and Ahisahar.

11 All these were sons of Jadihel, heads
of their kindreds, most valiant men,
seventeen thousand and two hundred fit to
go out to war.

12 Sepham also and Hapham the sons of
Hir: and Hasim the sons of Aher.

13 And the sons of Nephtali were
Jasiel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Sellum,
sons of Bala.

14 And the son of Manasses, Ezriel:
and his concubine the Syrian bore Machir
the father of Galaad.

15 And Machir took wives for his sons
Happhim, and Saphan: and he had a
sister named Maacha: the name of the
second was Salphaad, and Salphaad had
daughters.

16 And Maacha the wife of Machir bore
a son, and she called his name Phares:
and the name of his brother was Sares:
and his sons were Ulam and Recen.

17 And the son of Ulam, Baden. These
are the sons of Galaad, the son of Machir
the son of Manasses.

18 And his sister named Queen bore
Goodlyman, and Abiezer, and Mohola.

19 And the sons of Semida were Ahiu,
and Sechem, and Leci and Aniam.

20 And the sons of Ephraim were
Suthala, Bared his son, Thahath his son,
Elada his son, Thahath his son, and his
son Zabad,

21 And his son Suthala, and his son
Ezer, and Elad: and the men of Geth
born in the land slew them, because they
came down to invade their possessions.

22 And Ephraim their father mourned
many days, and his brethren came to
comfort him.

23 And he went in to his wife: and she
conceived and bore a son, and he called
his name Beria, because he was born
when it went evil with his house:

24 And his daughter was Sara, who
built Bethoron, the nether and the upper,
and Ozensara.

25 And Rapha was his son, and Reseph,
and Thale, of whom was born Thaan,

26 Who begot Laadan: and his son was
Ammiud, who beget Elisama,

27 Of whom was born Nun, who had
Josue for his son.

28 And their possessions and
habitations were Bethel with her daughters,
and eastward Noran, and westward Gazer
and her daughters, Sichem also with her
daughters, as far as Ass with her
daughters.

29 And by the borders of the sons of
Manasses Bethsan and her daughters,
Thanach and her daughters, Mageddo
and her daughters: Dor and her
daughters: in these dwelt the children of
Joseph, the son of Israel.

30 The children of Aser were Jemna,
and Jesua, and Jessui, and Baria, and Sara
their sister.

31And the sons of Baria: Haber, and
Melchiel: he is the father of Barsaith.

32 And Heber beget Jephlat, and Somer,
and Hotham, and Suaa their sister.

33 The sons of Jephlat: Phosech, and
Chamaal, and Asoth: these are the sons
of Jephlat.

34 And the sons of Somer: Ahi, and
Roaga, and Haba, and Aram.

35 And the sons of Helem his brother:
Supha, and Jemna, and Selles, and Amal.

36 The sons of Supha: Sue, Hernapher,
and Sual, and Beri, and Jamra.

37 Bosor and Hod, and Samma, and
Salusa, and Jethran, and Bera.

38 The sons of Jether: Jephone, and
Phaspha, and Ara.

39 And the sons of Olla: Aree, and
Haniel, and Resia.

40 All these were sons of Aser, heads of
their families, choice and most valiant
captains of captains: and the number of
them that were of the age that was fit
for war, was six and twenty thousand.

Chapter 8

1 Now Benjamin beget Bale his
firstborn, Asbel the second, Ahara the
third,

2 Nohaa the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

3 And the sons of Bale were Addar, and
Gera, and Abiud,

4 And Abisue, and Naamar, and Ahoe,

5 And Gera, and Sephuphan, and Huram.

6 These are the sons of Ahod, heads of
families that dwelt in Gabaa, who were
removed into Mrtnahsth.

7 And Naaman, and Achia, and Gera he
removed them, and beget Oza, and
Ahiud.

8 And Saharim begot in the land of
Moab, after he sent away Husim and Bara
his wives.

9 And he beget of Hodes his wife Jobab,
and Sebia, and Mesa, and Molchom,

10 And Jehus and Sechia, and Marma.
These were his sons heads of their
families.

11 And Mehusim beget Abitob, and
Elphaal.

12 And the sons of Elphaal were Heber,
and Misaam, and Samad: who built One,
and Led, and its daughters.

13 And Baria, and Sama were heads of
their kindreds that dwelt in Aialon:
these drove away the inhabitants of
Geth.

14 And Ahio, and Sesac, and Jerimoth,

15 And Zabadia, and Arod, and Heder,

16 And Michael, and Jespha, and Joha,
the sons of Baria.

17And Zabadia, and Mosollam, and
Hezeci, and Heber,

18 And Jesamari, and Jezlia, and Jobab,
sons of Elphaal,

19 And Jacim, and Zechri, and Zabdi,

20 And Elioenai, and Selethai, and Elial,

21 And Adaia, and Baraia, and
Samareth, the sons of Semei.

22 And Jespham, and Heber, and Eliel,

23 And Abdon, and Zechri, and
Hanan,

24 And Hanania, and Elam, and
Anathothia.

25 And Jephdaia, and Phanuel the sons
of Sesac.

26 And Samsari, and Sohoria and Otholia,

27 And Jersia, and Elia, and Zechri, the
sons of Jeroham.

28 These were the chief fathers, and
heads of their families who dwelt in
Jerusalem.

29 And at Gabaon dwelt Abigabaon,
and the name of his wife was Maacha:

30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and
Sur, and Cia, and Baal, and Nadab,

31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher,
and Macelloth:

32 And Macelloth beget Samaa: and
they dwelt over against their brethren in
Jerusalem with their brethren.

33 And Ner beget Cia, and Cia beget
Saul. And Saul begot Jonathan and
Melchisua, and Abinadab, and Esbaal.

34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal:
and Meribbaal begot Micha.

35 And the sons of Micha were Phithon,
and Melech, and Tharaa, and Ahaz.

37 And Mesa beget Banaa, whose son
was Rapha, of whom was born Elasa,
who beget Asel.

38 And Asel had six sons whose names
were Ezricam, Bochru, Ismahel, Saria,
Obdia, and Hanan. All these were the
sons of Asel.

39 And the sons of Esec, his brother,
were Ulam the firstborn, and Jehus the
second, and Eliphelet the third.

40 And the sons of Ulam were most
valiant men, and archers of great strength:
and they had many sons and grandsons,
even to a hundred and fifty. All these
were children of Benjamin.

Chapter 9

1 And all Israel was numbered: and the
sum of them was written in the
book of the kings of Israel, and Juda:
and they were carried away to Babylon
for their transgression.

2 Now the first that dwelt in their
possessions, and in their cities, were the
Israelites, and the priests, and the Levites,
and the Nathineans.

3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children
of Juda, and of the children of Benjamin,
and of the children of Ephraim, and of
Manasses.

4 Othei the son of Ammiud, the son of
Amri, the son of Omrai, the son of Bonni,
of the sons of Phares the son of Juda.

5 And of Siloni: Asaia the firstborn,
and his sons.

6 And of the sons of Zara: Jehuel, and
their brethren, six hundred and ninety.

7 And of the sons of Benjamin: Sale the
son of Mosollam, the son of Oduia, the
son of Asana:

8 And Jobania the son of Jeroham: and
Ela the son of Ozi, the son of Mochori:
and Mosallam the son of Saphatias, the
son of Rahuel, the son of Jebania:

9 And their brethren by their families,
nine hundred and fifty-six. All these
were heads of their families, by the houses
of their fathers.

10 And of the priests: Jedaia, Joiarib,
and Jachin:

11 And Azarias the son of Helcias, the
son of Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, the
son of Maraioth, the son of Achitob, high
priest of the house of God.

12 And Adaias the son of Jeroham, the
son of Phassur, the son of Melchias, and
Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jezra,
the son of Mosollam, the son of Mosollamith,
the son of Emmer.

13 And their brethren heads in their
families re thousand seven hundred and
threescore, very strong and able men for
the work of the ministry in the house of
God.

14 And of the Levites: Semeia the son
of Hassub the son of Ezricam, the son of
Hasebia of the sons of Merari.

15 And Bacbacar the carpenter, and
Galal, and Mathania the son of Micha,
the son of Zechri the son of Asaph:

16 And Obdia the son of Semeia, the son
of Galal, the son of Idithum: and Barachia
the son of Asa, the son of Elcana,
who dwelt in the suburbs of Netophati.

17 And the porters were Sellum, and
Accub, and Telmon, and Ahiman: and their
brother Sellum was the prince,

18 Until that time, in the king's gate
eastward, the sons of Levi waited by
their turns.

19 But Sellum the son of Core, the son
of Abiasaph, the son of Core, with his
brethren and his father's house, the
Corites were over the works of the service,
keepers of the gates of the tabernacle:
and their families in turns were keepers
of the entrance of the camp of the Lord.

20 And Phinees the son of Eleazar, was
their prince before the Lord,

21 And Zacharias the son of Mosollamia,
was porter of the gate of the tabernacle
of the testimony:

22 All these that were chosen to be
porters at the gates, were two hundred and
twelve: and they mere registered in their
proper towns: whom David and Samuel
the seer appointed in their trust.

23 As well them as their sons, to keep
the gates of the house of the Lord, and
the tabernacle by their turns.

24 In four quarters were the porters:
that is to say, toward the east, and west,
and north, and south.

25 And their brethren dwelt in villages,
and came upon their sabbath days from
time to time.

26 To these four Levites were committed
the whole number of the porters, and they
were over the chambers, and treasures,
of the house of the Lord.

27 And they abode in their watches
round about the temple of the Lord:
that when it was time, they might open
the gates in the morning.

28 And some of their stock had the
charge of the vessels for the ministry:
for the vessels were both brought in and
carried out by number.

29 Some of them also had the
instruments of the sanctuary committed unto
them, and the charge of the fine flour,
and wine, and oil, and frankincense, and
spices.

30 And the sons of the priests made
the ointments of the spices.

31 And Mathathias a Levite, the firstborn
of Sellum the Corite, was overseer of such
things as were fried in the fryingpan.

32 And some of the sons of Caath their
brethren, were over the leaves of proposition,
to prepare always new for every
sabbath.

33 These are the chief of the singing men
of the families of the Levites, who dwelt
in the chambers, by the temple, that they
might serve continually day and night in
their ministry.

34 The heads of the Levites, princes in
their families, abode in Jerusalem.

35 And in Gabaon dwelt Jehiel the
father of Gabaon, and the name of hill
wife was Maacha:

36 His firstborn son Abdon, and Sur, and
Cis, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

37 Gedor also, and Ahio, and Zacharias,
and Macelloth.

38 And Macelloth beget Samaan: these
dwelt over against their brethren in
Jerusalem, with their brethren.

39 Now Ner beget Cia: and Cis begot
Saul: and Saul beget Jonathan and
Melchisua, and Abinadab, and Esbaal.

40 And the son of Jonathan, was
Meribbaal: and Meribbaal beget Micha.

41 And the sons of Micha, were Phithon,
and Melech, and Tharaa, and Ahaz.

43 And Mesa beget Banaa: whose son
Raphaia beget Elasa: of whom was born
Asel.

44 And heel had six sons whose names
are, Ezricam, Bochru, Ismahel, Saria,
Obdia, Hanan: these are the sons of Asel.

Chapter 10

1 Now the Philistines fought against
Israel, and the men of Israel fled
from before the Philistines, and fell down
wounded in mount Gelboe.

2 And the Philistines drew near
pursuing after Saul, and his sons, and they
killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and
Melchisua the sons of Saul.

3 And the battle grew hard against Saul,
and the archers reached him, and wounded
him with arrows.

4 And Saul said to his armourbearer:
Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest these
uncircumcised come, and mock me. But
his armourbearer would not, for he was
struck with fear: so Saul took his sword,
and fell upon it.

5 And when his armourbearer saw it, to
wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon
his sword and died.

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and
all his house fell together.

7 And when the men of Israel, that
dwelt in the plains, saw this, they fled:
and Saul and his sons being dead, they
forsook their cities, and were scattered
up and down: and the Philistines came,
and dwelt in them.

8 And the next day the Philistines
taking away the spoils of them that were
slain, found Saul and his sons lying on
mount Gelboe.

9 And when they had stripped him, and
cut off his head, and taken away his
armour, they sent it into their land, to be
carried about, and shewn in the temples
of the idols and to the people.

10 And his armour they dedicated in the
temple of their god, and his head they
fastened up in the temple of Dagon.

11 And when the men of Jabes Galaad
had heard this, to wit, all that the
Philistines had done to Saul,

12 All the valiant men of them arose,
and took the bodies of Saul and of his
sons, and brought them to Jabes, and
buried their bones under the oak that
was in Jabes, and they fasted seven days.

13 So Saul died for his iniquities,
because he transgressed the
commandment of the Lord, which he had
commanded, and kept it not: and moreover
consulted also a witch,

14 And trusted not is the Lord: therefore
he slew him, and transferred his
kingdom to David the son of Isai.

Chapter 11

1 Then all Israel gathered themselves
to David in Hebron, saying: We are
thy bone, and thy flesh.

2 Yesterday also, and the day before
when Saul was king, thou wast he that
leddest out and broughtest in Israel: for
the Lord thy God said to thee: Thou
shalt feed my people Israel, and thou
shalt; be ruler over them.

3 So all the ancients of Israel came to
the king to Hebron, and David made a
covenant with them before the Lord:
and they anointed him king over Israel,
according to the word of the Lord which
he spoke in the hand of Samuel.

4 And David and all Israel went to
Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the
Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land.

5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to
David: Thou shalt not come in here.
But David took the castle of Sion, which
is the city of David.

6 And he said: Whosoever shall first
strike the Jebusites, shall be the head
and chief captain. And Joab the son of
Sarvia went up first, and was made the
general.

7 And David dwelt in the castle, and
therefore it was called the city of David.

8 And he built the city round about
from Mello all round, and Joab built the
rest of the city.

9 And David went on growing and
increasing, and the Lord of hosts was with
him.

10 These are the chief of the valiant
men of David, who helped him to be
made king over all Israel, according to
the word of the Lord, which he spoke to
Israel.

11 And this is the number of the heroes
of David: Jesbaam the son of Hachamoni
the chief among the thirty: he lifted up
his spear against three hundred wounded
by him at one time.

12 And after him was Eleazar his uncle's
son the Ahohite, who was one of the three
mighties.

13 He was with David in Phesdomim,
when the Philistines were gathered to
that place to battle: and the field of
that country was full of barley, and the
people fled from before the Philistines.

14 But these men stood in the midst of
the field, and defended it: and they slew
the Philistines, and the Lord gave a great
deliverance to his people.

15 And three of the thirty captains
went down to the rock, wherein David
was, to the cave of Odollam, when the
Philistines encamped in the valley of
Raphaim.

16 And David was in a hold, and the
garrison of the Philistines in Bethlehem.

17 And David longed, and said: O that
some man would give me water of the
cistern of Bethlehem, which is in the
gate.

18 And these three broke through the
midst of the camp of the Philistines, and
drew water out of the cistern of Bethlehem,
which was in the gate, and brought
it to David to drink: and he would not
drink of it, but rather offered it to the
Lord,

19 Saying: God forbid that I should do
this in the sight of my God, and should
drink the blood of these men: for with
the danger of their lives they have
brought me the water. And therefore
he would not drink. These things did
the three most valiant.

20 And Abisai the brother of Joab, he
was chief of three, and he lifted up his
spear against three hundred whom he
slew, and he was renowned among the
three,

21 And illustrious among the second
three, and their captain: but yet he
attained not to the first three.

22 Banaias the son of Joiada, a most
valiant man, of Cabseel, who had done many
acts: he slew the two ariels of Moab:
and he went down, and killed a lion in
the midst of a pit in the time of snow.

23 And he slew an Egyptian, whose
stature was of five cubits, and who had a
spear like a weaver's beam: and he went
down to him with a staff, and plucked
away the spear, that he held in his hand,
and slew him with his own spear.

24 These things did Banaias the son of
Joiada, who was renowned among the
three valiant ones,

25 And the first among the thirty, but
yet to the three he attained not: and
David made him of his council.

26 Moreover the most valiant men of
the army, were Asahel brother of Joab,
and Elchanan the son of his uncle of
Bethlehem,

27 Sammoth an Arorite, Helles a
Phalonite,

28 Ira the son of Acces a Thecuite,
Abiezer an Anathothite,

29 Sobbochai a Husathite, Ilai an
Ahohite,

30 Maharai a Netophathite, Heled the
son of Baana a Netophathite,

31 Ethai the son of Ribai of Gabaath of
the sons of Benjamin, Banal a Pharathonite,

32 Hurai of the torrent Gaas, Abiel an
Arbathite, Azmoth a Bauramite, Eliaba a
Salabonite,

33 The sons of Assem a, Gezonite, Jonathan
the son of Sage an Ararite,

34 Ahiam the son of Sachar an Ararite,

35 Eliphal the son of Ur,

36 Hepher a Mecherathite, Ahia a
Phelonite,

37 Hesro a Carmelite, Naarai the son of
Azbai,

38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibahar
the son of Agarai.

39 Selec an Ammonite, Naharai a
Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son
of Sarvia.

40 Ira a Jethrite, Gareb a Jethrite,

41Urias a Hethite, Zabad the son of
Oholi,

42 Adina the son of Siza a Rubenite the
prince of the Rubenites, and thirty with
him:

43 Hanan the son of Maacha, and
Josaphat a Mathanite,

44 Ozia an Astarothite, Samma, and
Jehiel the sons of Hotham an Arorite,

45 Jedihel the son of Zamri, and Jobs
his brother a Thosaite,

46 Eliel a Mithumite, and Jeribai, and
Josaia the sons of Elnaim, and Jethma a
Moabite, Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel of
Masobia.

Chapter 12

1 Now these are they that came to
David to Siceleg, while he yet fled
from Saul the son of Cia, and they were
most valiant and excellent warriors,

2 Bending the bow, and using either
hand in hurling stones with slings, and
shooting arrows: of the brethren of Saul
of Benjamin.

3 The chief was Ahiezer, and Joas, the
sons of Samaa of Gabaath, and Jaziel,
and Phallet the sons of Azmoth, and
Beracha, and Jehu an Anathothite.

4 And Samaias of Gabaon, the stoutest
amongst the thirty and over the thirty;
Jeremias, and Jeheziel, and Johanan, and
Jezabad of Gaderoth;

5 And Eluzai, and Jerimuth, and Baalia,
and Samaria, and Saphatia the
Haruphite;

6 Elcana, and Jesia, and Azareel, and
Joezer, and Jesbaam of Carehim:

7 And Joela, and Zabadia the sons of
Jeroham of Gedor.

8 From Gaddi also there went over to
David, when he lay hid in the wilderness
most valiant men, and excellent warriors,
holding shield and spear: whose faces
were like the faces of a lion, and they
were swift like the roebucks on the
mountains.

9 Ezer the chief, Obdias the second,
Eliab the third,

10 Masmana the fourth, Jeremias the
fifth.

11 Ethi the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

12 Johanan the eighth, Elzebad the
ninth,

13 Jerenias the tenth, Machbani the
eleventh,

14 These were of the sons of Gad,
captains of the army: the least of them was
captain over a hundred soldiers, and the
greatest over a thousand.

15 These are they who passed over the
Jordan in the first month, when it is
used to how over its banks: and they
put to flight all that dwelt in the valleys
both toward the east and toward the
west.

16 And there came also of the men of
Benjamin, and of Juda to the hold, in
which David abode.

17 And David went out to meet them,
and said: If you are come peaceably to
me to help me, let my heart be joined to
you: but if you plot against me for my
enemies whereas I have no iniquity in
my hands, let the God of our fathers see,
and judge.

18 But the spirit came upon Amasai the
chief among thirty, and he said: We are
thine, O David, and for thee, O son of
Isai: peace, peace be to thee, and peace
to thy helpers. For thy God helpeth
thee. So David received them, and made
them captains of the band.

19 And there were some of Manasses
that went over to David, when he came
with the Philistines against Saul to fight:
but he did not fight with them: because
the lords of the Philistines taking counsel
sent him back, saying: With the danger
of our heads he will return to his master
Saul.

20 So when he went back to Siceleg, m
there fled to him of Manasses, Ednas and
Jozabad, and Jedihel, and Michael, and
Ednas, and Jozabad, and Eliu, and Salathi,
captains of thousands in Manasses.

21 These helped David against the
rovers: for they were all most valiant men,
and were made commanders in the army.

22 Moreover day by day there came
some to David to help him till they
became a great number, like the army of
God.

23 And this is the number of the chiefs
of the army who came to David, when
he was in Hebron, to transfer to him
the kingdom of Saul, according to the
word of the Lord.

24 The sons of Juda bearing shield and
spear, six thousand eight hundred well
appointed to war.

25 Of the sons of Simeon valiant men
for war, seven thousand one hundred.

26 Of the sons of Levi, four thousand
six hundred.

27 And Joiada prince of the race of
Aaron, and with him three thousand
seven hundred.

28 Sadoc also a young man of excellent
disposition, and the house of his father,
twenty-two principal men.

29 And of the sons of Benjamin the
brethren of Saul, three thousand: for
hitherto a great part of them followed
the house of Saul.

30 And of the sons of Ephraim twenty
thousand eight hundred, men of great
valour renowned in their kindreds.

31 And of the half tribe of Manasses,
eighteen thousand, every one by their
names, came to make David king.

32 Also of the sons of Issachar men of
understanding, that knew all times to
order what Israel should do, two hundred
principal men: and all the rest of the
tribe followed their counsel.

33 And of Zabulon such as went forth
to battle, and stood in array well
appointed with armour for war, there came
fifty thousand to his aid, with no double
heart.

34 And of Nephtali, a thousand leaders:
and with them seven and thirty thousand,
furnished with shield and spear.

35 Of Dan also twenty-eight thousand
six hundred prepared for battle.

36 And of Aser forty thousand going
forth to fight, and challenging in battle.

37 And on the other side of the Jordan
of the sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of
the half of the tribe of Manasses a
hundred and twenty thousand, furnished
with arms for war.

38 All these men of war well appointed
to fight, came with a perfect heart to
Hebron, to make David king over all
Israel: and all the rest also of Israel, were
of one heart to make David king.

39 And they were there with David
three days eating and drinking: for their
brethren had prepared for them.

40 Moreover they that were near them
even as far as Issachar, and Zabulon, and
Nephtali, brought leaves on asses, and
on camels, and on mules, and on oxen,
to eat: meal, figs, raisins, wine, oil, and
oxen, and sheep in abundance, for there
was joy in Israel.

Chapter 13

1 And David consulted with the captains
of thousands, and of hundreds, and
with all the commanders.

2 And he said to all the assembly of
Israel: If it please you; and if the words
which I speak come from the Lord our
God, let us send to the rest of our
brethren into all the countries of Israel,
and to the priests, and the Levites, that
dwell in the suburbs of the cities, to
gather themselves to us,

3 And let us bring again the ark of our
God to us: for we sought it not in the
days of Saul.

4 And all the multitude answered that
it should be so: for the word pleased all
the people.

5 So David assembled all Israel from
Sihor of Egypt, even to the entering
into Emath, to bring the ark of God
from Cariathiarim.

6 And David went up with all the men
of Israel to the hill of Cariathiarim which
is in Juda, to bring thence the ark of the
Lord God sitting upon the cherubims,
where his name is called upon.

7 And they carried the ark of God upon
a new cart, out of the house of Abinadab.
And Oza and his brother drove the cart.

8 And David and all Israel played before
God with all their might with hymns, and
with harps, and with psalteries, and
timbrels, and cymbals, and trumpets,

9 And when they came to the floor of
Chidon, Oza put forth his hand, to hold
up the ark: for the ox being wanton had
made it lean a little on one side.

10 And the Lord was angry with Oza,
and struck him, because he had touched
the ark; and he died there before the
Lord.

11 And David was troubled because the
Lord had divided Oza: and he called that
place the Breach of Oza to this day.

12 And he feared God at that time,
saying: How can I bring in the ark of God
to me?

13 And therefore he brought it not home
to himself, that is, into the city of David,
but carried it aside into the house of
Obededom the Gethite.

14 And the ark of God remained in the
house of Obededom three months: and
the Lord blessed his house, and all that
he had.

Chapter 14

1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent
messengers to David, and cedar trees,
and masons, and carpenters, to build him
a house.

2 And David perceived that the Lord
had confirmed him king over Israel, and
that his kingdom was exalted over his
people Israel.

3 And David took other wives in
Jerusalem: and he beget sons, and daughters.

4 Now these are the names of them that
were born to him in Jerusalem: Samua,
and Sobad, Nathan, and Solomon,

5 Jebahar, and Elisua, and Eliphalet,

6 And Noga, and Napheg, and Japhia,

7 Elisama. and Baaliada, and Eliphalet.

8 And the Philistines hearing that
David was anointed king over all Israel,
went all up to seek him: and David
heard of it, and went out against them.

9 And the Philistines came and spread
themselves in the vale of Raphaim.

10 And David consulted the Lord,
saying: Shall I go up against the Philistines,
and wilt thou deliver them into my hand?
And the Lord said to him: Go up, and I
will deliver them into thy hand.

11 And when they were come to
Baalpharasim, David defeated them there,
and he said: God hath divided my
enemies by my hand, as waters are divided:
and therefore the name of that place
was called Baalpharasim.

12 And they left there their gods, and
David commanded that they should be
burnt.

13 Another time also the Philistines
made an irruption, and spread themselves
abroad in the valley.

14 And David consulted God again, and
God said to him: Go not up after them,
turn away from them, and come upon
them over against the pear trees.

15 And when thou shalt hear the sound
of one going in the tops of the pear trees,
then shalt thou go out to battle. For
God is gone out before thee to strike the
army of the Philistines.

16 And David did as God had commanded
him, and defeated the army of the Philistines,
slaying them from Gabaon to
Gazera.

17 And the name of David became
famous in all countries, and the Lord made
all nations fear him.

Chapter 15

1 He made also houses for himself in
the city of David: and built a place
for the ark of God, and pitched a tabernacle
for it.

2 Then David said: No one ought to
carry the ark of God, but the Levites,
whom the Lord hath chosen to carry it,
and to minister unto himself for ever.

3 And he gathered all Israel together
into Jerusalem, that the ark of God might
be brought into its place, which he had
prepared for it.

4 And the sons of Aaron also, and the
Levites.

5 Of the children of Caath, Uriel was
the chief, and his brethren a hundred and
twenty.

6 Of the sons of Merari, Asaia the chief,
and his brethren two hundred and
twenty.

7 Of the sons of Gersom, Joel the chief,
and his brethren a hundred and thirty.

8 Of the sons of Elisaphan, Semeias the
chief: and his brethren two hundred.

9 Of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief:
and his brethren eighty.

10 Of the sons of Oziel, Aminadab the
chief: and his brethren a hundred and
twelve.

11 And David called Sadoc, and
Abiathar the priests, and the Levites, Uriel,
Asaia, Joel, Semeia, Eliel, and Aminadab:

12 And he said to them: You that are
the heads of the Levitical families, be
sanctified with your brethren, and brine
the ark of the Lord the God of Israel to
the place, which is prepared for it:

13 Lest as the Lord at first struck us,
because you were not present, the same
should now also come to pass, by our
doing some thing against the law.

14 So the priests and the Levites were
sanctified, to carry the ark of the Lord
the God of Israel.

15 And the sons of Levi took the ark
of God as Moses had commanded,
according to the word of the Lord, upon their
shoulders, with the staves.

16 And David spoke to the chiefs of the
Levites, to appoint some of their
brethren to be singers with musical
instruments, to wit, on psalteries, and harps,
and cymbals, that the joyful noise might
resound on high.

17 And they appointed Levites, Hemam
the son of Joel, and of his brethren Asaph
the son of Barachias: and of the sons of
Merari, their brethren: Ethan the son of
Casaia.

18 And with them their brethren: in
the second rank, Zacharias, and Ben, and
Jaziel, and Semiramoth, and Jahiel, and
Ani, and Eliab, and Banaias, and Maasias,
and Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and
Macenias, and Obededom, and Jehiel, the
porters.

19 Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and
Ethan, sounded with cymbals of brass.

20 And Zacharias, and Oziel, and Semiramoth,
and Jehiel, and Ani, and Eliab, and
Maasias, and Banaias, sung mysteries
upon psalteries.

21 And Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and
Macenias and Obededom, and Jehiel and
Ozaziu, sung a song of victory for the
octave upon harps.

22 And Chonenias chief of the Levites,
presided over the prophecy, to give out
the tunes: for he was very skilful.

23 And Barachias, and Elcana, were
doorkeepers of the ark.

24 And Sebenias, and Josaphat, and
Nathanael, and Amasai, and Zacharias, and
Banaias, and Eliezer the priests, sounded
with trumpets, before the ark of God:
and Obededom and Jehias were porters
of the ark.

25 So David and all the ancients of
Israel, and the captains over thousands,
went to bring the ark of the covenant of
the Lord out of the house of Obededom
with joy.

26 And when God had helped the Levites
who carried the ark of the covenant of
the Lord, they offered in sacrifice seven
oxen, and seven rams.

27 And David was clothed with a robe
of fine linen, and all the Levites that
carried the ark, and the singing men, and
Chonenias the ruler of the prophecy
among the singers: and David also had
on him an ephod of linen.

28 And all Israel brought the ark of the
covenant of the Lord with joyful shouting,
and sounding with the sound of the
comet, and with trumpets, and cymbals,
and psalteries, and harps.

29 And when the ark of the covenant
of the Lord was come to the city of
David, Michol the daughter of Saul looking
out at a window, saw king David dancing
and playing, and she despised him in her
heart.

Chapter 16

1 So they brought the ark of God, and
set it in the midst of the tent, which
David had pitched for it : and they offered
holocausts, and peace offerings before
God.

2 And when David had made an end of
offering holocausts, and peace offerings,
he blessed the people in the name of the
Lord.

3 And he divided to all and every one,
both men and women, a loaf of bread,
and a piece of roasted beef, and flour
fried with oil.

4 And he appointed Levites to minister
before the ark of the Lord, and to
remember his works, and to glorify, and
praise the Lord God of Israel.

5 Asaph the chief, and next after him
Zacharias: moreover Jahiel, and Semiramoth,
and Jehiel, and Mathathias, and
Eliab, and Banaias, and Obededom: and
Jehiel over the instruments of psaltery,
and harps: and Asaph sounded with
cymbals:

6 But Banaias, and Jaziel the priests,
to sound the trumpet continually before
the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

7 In that day David made Asaph the
chief to give praise to the Lord with his
brethren.

8 Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his
name: make known his doings among the
nations.

9 Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him:
and relate all his wondrous works.

10 Praise ye his holy name: let the heart I
of them rejoice, that seek the Lord.

11 Seek ye the Lord, and his power:
seek ye his face evermore.

12 Remember his wonderful works,
which he hath done: his signs, and the
judgments of his mouth.

13 O ye seed of Israel his servants, ye
children of Jacob his chosen.

14 He is the Lord our God: his
judgments are in all the earth.

15 Remember for ever his covenant:
the word, which he commanded to a
thousand generations.

16 The covenant which he made with
Abraham: and his oath to Isaac.

17 And he appointed the same to Jacob
for a precept: and to Israel for an
everlasting covenant:

18 Saying: To thee will I give the land
of Chanaan: the lot of your inheritance.

19 When they were but a small number:
very few and sojourners in it.

20 And they passed from nation to
nation: and from a kingdom to another
people.

21 He suffered no man to do them
wrong: and reproved kings for their
sake.

22 Touch not my anointed: and do no
evil to my prophets.

23 Sing ye to the Lord, all the earth:
shew forth from day to day his salvation.

24 Declare his glory among the Gentiles:
his wonders among all people.

25 For the Lord is great and exceedingly
to be praised: and he is to be feared above
all gods.

26 For all the gods of the nations are
idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

27 Praise and magnificence are before
him: strength and joy in his place.

28 Bring ye to the Lord, O ye families
of the nations: bring ye to the Lord
glory and empire.

29 Give to the Lord glory to his name,
bring up sacrifice, and come ye in his
sight: and adore the Lord in holy
becomingness.

30 Let all the earth be moved at his
presence : for he hath founded the world
immoveable.

31 Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth
be glad: and let them say among the
nations: The Lord hath reigned.

32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness
thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all
things that are in them.

33 Then shall the trees of the wood give
praise before the Lord: because he is
come to judge the earth.

34 Give ye glory to the Lord, for he is
good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

35 And say ye: Save us, O God our
saviour: and gather us together, and
deliver us from the nations, that we may
give glory to thy holy name, and may
rejoice in singing thy praises.

36 Blessed be the Lord the God of
Israel from eternity to eternity: and let
all the people say Amen, and a hymn to
God.

37 So he left there before the ark of the
covenant of the Lord, Asaph and his
brethren to minister in the presence of
the ark continually day by day, and in
their courses.

38 And Obededom, with his brethren
sixty-eight: and Obededom the son of
Idithun, and Hosa he appointed to be
porters.

39 And Sadoc the priest, and his
brethren priests, before the tabernacle of
the Lord in the high place, which was in
Gabaon.

40 That they should offer holocausts to
the Lord upon the altar of holocausts
continually, morning and evening,
according to all that is written in the law
of the Lord, which he commanded Israel.

41 And after him Heman, and Idithun,
and the rest that were chosen, every one
by his name to give praise to the Lord:
because his mercy endureth for ever.

42 And Heman and Idithun sounded the
trumpet, and played on the cymbals, and
all kinds of musical instruments to sing
praises to God: and the sons of Idithun
he made porters.

43 And all the people returned to their
houses: and David to bless also his own
house.

Chapter 17

1 Now when David was dwelling in his
house, he said to Nathan the
prophet: Behold I dwell in a house of cedar :
and the ark of the covenant of the Lord
is under skins.

2 And Nathan said to David: Do all
that is in thy heart: for God is with thee.

3 Now that night the word of God came
to Nathan, saying:

4 Go, and speak to David my servant:
Thus saith the Lord: Thou shalt not build
me a house to dwell in.

5 For I have not remained in a house
from the time that I brought up Israel,
to this day: but I have been always
changing places in a tabernacle, and in a
tent,

6 Abiding with all Israel. Did I ever
speak to any one, of all the judges of
Israel, whom I charged to feed my
people, saying: Why have you not built me
a house of cedar?

7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say to
my servant David: Thus saith the Lord
of hosts: I took thee from the pastures,
from following the flock, that thou
shouldst be ruler of my people Israel.

8 And I have been with thee whithersoever
thou hast gone: and have slain
all thy enemies before thee, and have
made thee a name like that of one of the
great ones that are renowned in the earth.

9 And I have given a place to my
people Israel: they shall be planted, and
shall dwell therein, and shall be moved
no more, neither shall the children of
iniquity waste them, as at the beginning,

10 Since the days that I gave judges to
my people Israel, and have humbled all
thy enemies. And I declare to thee,
that the Lord will build thee a house.

11 And when thou shalt have ended
thy days to go to thy fathers, I will raise
up thy seed after thee, which shall be of
thy sons: and I will establish his kingdom.

12 He shall build me a house, and I will
establish his throne for ever.

13 I will be to him a father, and he
shall be to me a son: and I will not take
my mercy away from him, as I took it
from him that was before thee.

14 But I will settle him in my house,
and in my kingdom for ever: and his
throne shall be most firm for ever.

15 According to all these words, and
according to all this vision, so did
Nathan speak to David.

16 And king David came and sat before
the Lord, and said: Who am I, O Lord
God, and what is my house, that thou
shouldst give such things to me?

17 But even this hath seemed little in
thy sight, and therefore thou hast also
spoken concerning the house of thy
servant for the time to come: and best
made me remarkable above all men, O
Lord God.

18 What can David add more, seeing
thou hast thus glorified thy servant, and
known him?

19 O Lord, for thy servant's sake,
according to thy own heart, thou hast
shewn all this magnificence, and wouldst
have all the great things to be known.

20 O Lord there is none like thee: and
there is no other God beside thee, of all
whom we have heard of with our ears.

21 For what other nation is there upon
earth like thy people Israel, whom God
went to deliver, and make a people for
himself, and by his greatness and terrors
cast out nations before their face whom
he had delivered out of Egypt?

22 And thou hast made thy people
Israel to be thy own people for ever, and
thou, O Lord, art become their God.

23 Now therefore, O Lord, let the word
which thou hast spoken to thy servant,
and concerning his house, be established
for ever, and do as thou hast said.

24 And let thy name remain and be
magnified for ever: and let it be said:
The Lord of hosts is God of Israel, and
the house of David his servant remaineth
before him.

25 For thou, O Lord my God, hast
revealed to the ear of thy servant, that
thou wilt build him a house: and
therefore thy servant hath found confidence
to pray before thee.

26 And now O Lord, thou art God: and
thou hast promised to thy servant such
great benefits.

27 And thou hast begun to bless the
house of thy servant, that it may be
always before thee: for seeing thou
blessest it, O Lord, it shall be blessed for
ever.

Chapter 18

1 And it came to pass after this, that
David defeated the Philistines, and
humbled them, and took away Geth, and
her daughters out of the hands of the
Philistines,

2 And he defeated Moab, and the
Moabites were made David's servants, and
brought him gifts.

3 At that time David defeated also
Adarezer king of Soba of the land of
Hemath, when he went to extend his
dominions as far as the river Euphrates.

4 And David took from him a thousand
chariots, and seven thousand horsemen,
and twenty thousand footmen, and he
houghed all the chariot horses, only a
hundred chariots, which he reserved for
himself.

5 And the Syrians of Damascus came
also to help Adarezer king of Soba: and
David slew of them likewise two and
twenty thousand men.

6 And he put a garrison in Damascus,
that Syria also should serve him, and
bring gifts. And the Lord assisted him
in all things to which he went.

7 And David took the golden quivers
which the servants of Adarezer had, and
he brought them to Jerusalem.

8 Likewise out of Thebath and Chun,
cities of Adarezer, he brought very
much brass, of which Solomon made the
brazen sea, and the pillars, and the
vessels of brass.

9 Now when Thou king of Hemath
heard that David had defeated all the
army of Adarezer king of Soba,

10 He sent Adoram his son to king
David, to desire peace of him, and to
congratulate him that he had defeated and
overthrown Adarezer: for Thou was an
enemy to Adarezer.

11 And all the vessels of gold, and
silver, and brass king David consecrated
to the Lord, with the silver and gold
which he had taken from all the nations,
as well from Edom, and from Moab, and
from the sons of Ammon, as from the
Philistines, and from Amalec.

12 And Abisai the son of Sarvia slew of
the Edomites in the vale of the saltpits,
eighteen thousand:

13 And he put a garrison in Edom, that
Edom should serve David: and the Lord
preserved David in all things to which
he went.

14 So David reigned over all Israel, and
executed judgment and justice among
all his people.

15 And Joab the son of Sarvia was over
the army, and Josaphat the son of
Ahilud recorder.

16 And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and
Achimelech the son of Abiathar, were
the priests: and Susa, scribe.

17 And Banaias the son of Joiada was
over the bands of the Cerethi, and the
Phelethi: and the sons of David were
chief about the king.

Chapter 19

1 Now it came to pass that Naas the
king of the children of Ammon died,
and his son reigned is his stead.

2 And David said: I will shew kindness
to Hanon the son of Naas: for his father
did a favour to me. And David sent
messengers to comfort him upon the death
of his father. But when they were come
into the land of the children of Ammon,
to comfort Hanon,

3 The princes of the children of Ammon
said to Hanon: Thou thinkest perhaps
that David to do honour to thy father
hath sent comforters to thee: and thou
dost not take notice, that his servants
are come to thee to consider, and search,
and spy out thy land.

4 Wherefore Hanon shaved the heads
and beards of the servants of David, and
cut away their garments from the
buttocks to the feet, and sent them away.

5 And when they were gone, they sent
word to David, who sent to meet them
(for they had suffered a great affront)
and ordered them to stay at Jericho till
their beards grew and then to return.

6 And when the children of Ammon saw
that they had done an injury to David,
Hanon and the rest of the people sent a
thousand talents of silver, to hire them
chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia,
and out of Syria Maacha, and out of
Soba.

7 And they hired two and thirty
thousand chariots, and the king of Maacha,
with his people. And they came and
camped over against Medaba. And the
children of Ammon gathered themselves
together out of their cities, and came to
battle.

8 And when David heard of it, he sent
Joab, and all the army of valiant men:

9 And the children of Ammon came out
and put their army in array before the
gate of the city : and the kings, that were
come to their aid, stood apart in the field.

10 Wherefore Joab understanding that
the battle was set against him before and
behind, chose out the bravest men of all
Israel, and marched against the Syrians,

11 And the rest of the people he delivered
into the hand of Abisai his brother,
and they went against the children of
Ammon.

12 And he said: If the Syrians be too
strong for me, then thou shalt help me:
but if the children of Ammon be too
strong for thee, I will help thee.

13 Be of good courage and let us behave
ourselves manfully for our people, and
for the cities of our God: and the Lord
will do that which is good in his sight.

14 So Joab and the people that were
with him, went against the Syrians to
the battle : and he put them to flight.

15 And the children of Ammon seeing
that the Syrians were fled, they likewise
fled from Abisai his brother, and went
into the city: and Joab also returned to
Jerusalem.

16 But the Syrians seeing that they had
fallen before Israel, sent messengers, and
brought to them the Syrians that were
beyond the river: and Sophach, general
of the army of Adarezer, was their leader.

17 And it was told David, and he
gathered together all Israel, and passed the
Jordan, and came upon them, and put his
army in array against them, and they
fought with him.

18 But the Syrian fled before Israel: and
David slew of the Syrians seven thousand
chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and
Sophach the general of the army.

19 And when the servants of Adarezer
saw themselves overcome by Israel, they
went over to David, and served him: and
Syria would not help the children of
Ammon any more.

Chapter 20

1 And it came to pass after the course
of a year, at the time that kings go
out to battle, Joab gathered together an
army and the strength of the troops, and
wasted the land of the children of
Ammon: and went and besieged Rabba. But
David stayed at Jerusalem, when Joab
smote Rabba, and destroyed it.

2 And David took the crown of Melchom
from his head, and found in it a talent
weight of gold, and most precious stones,
and he made himself a diadem of it: he
took also the spoils of the city which
were very great.

3 And the people that were therein he
brought out: and made harrows, and
sleds, and chariots of iron to go over
them, so that they were cut and bruised
to pieces: in this manner David dealt
with all the cities of the children of
Ammon : and he returned with alibis people
to Jerusalem.

4 After this there arose a war at Gazer
against the Philistines: in which Sabachai
the Husathite slew Saphai of the race of
Raphaim, and humbled them.

5 Another battle also was fought against
the Philistines, in which Adeodatus the
son of Saltus a Bethlehemite slew the
brother of Goliath the Gethite, the staff of
whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

6 There was another battle also in Geth,
in which there was a man of great stature,
whose fingers and toes were four and
twenty, six on each hand and foot: who
also was born of the stock of Rapha.

7 He reviled Israel: but Jonathan the
son of Samaa the brother of David slew
him. These were the sons of Rapha in
Geth, who fell by the hand of David and
his servants.

Chapter 21

1 And Satan rose up against Israel: and
moved David to number Israel.

2 And David said to Joab, and to the
rulers of the people: Go, and number
Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, and
bring me the number of them that I may
know it.

3 And Joab answered: The Lord make
his people a hundred times more than
they are : but, my lord the king, are they
not all thy servants: why doth my lord
seek this thing, which may be imputed
as a sin to Israel?

4 But the king's word rather prevailed:
and Joab departed, and went through all
Israel: and returned to Jerusalem.

5 And he gave David the number of
them, whom he had surveyed: and all the
number of Israel was found to be eleven
hundred thousand men that drew the
sword: and of Juda four hundred and
seventy thousand fighting men.

6 But Levi and Benjamin he did not
number: for Joab unwillingly executed
the king's orders.

7 And God was displeased with this
thing that was commanded: and he
struck Israel.

8 And David said to God: I have sinned
exceedingly in doing this: I beseech thee
take away the iniquity of thy servant,
for I have done foolishly.

9 And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer
of David, saying:

10 Go, and speak to David, and tell
him: Thus saith the Lord: I give thee
the choice of three things: choose one
which thou wilt, and I will do it to thee.

11 And when Gad was come to David,
he said to him: Thus saith the Lord:
choose which thou wilt:

12 Either three years' famine: or three
months to flee from thy enemies, and not
to be able to escape their sword: or three
days to have the sword of the Lord, and
pestilence in the land, and the angel of
the Lord destroying in all the coasts of
Israel: now therefore see what I shall
answer him who sent me.

13 And David said to Gad: I am on
every side in a great strait: but it is
better for me to fall into the hands of the
Lord, for his mercies are many, than into
the hands of men.

14 So the Lord sent a pestilence upon
Israel. And there fell of Israel seventy
thousand men.

15 And he sent an angel to Jerusalem,
to strike it: and as he was striking it, the
Lord beheld, and took pity for the
greatness of the evil: and said to the angel
that destroyed: It is enough, now stop
thy hand. And the angel of the Lord
stood by the thrashing

8oor of Ornan the
Jebusite.

16 And David lifting up his eyes, saw
the angel of the Lord standing between
heaven and earth, with a drawn sword
in his hand, turned against Jerusalem:
and both he and the ancients clothed in
haircloth, fell down flat on the ground.

17 And David said to God: Am not I he
that commanded the people to be
numbered? It is I that have sinned: it is I
that have done the evil: but as for this
flock, what hath it deserved? O Lord my
God, let thy hand be turned, I beseech
thee, upon me, and upon my father's
house: and let not thy people be
destroyed.

18 And the angel of the Lord
commanded Gad to tell David, to go up, and
build an altar to the Lord God in the
thrashingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

19 and David went up, according to the
word of Gad, which he spoke to him in
the name of the Lord.

20 Now when Ornan looked up, and saw
the angel, he and his four sons hid
themselves: for at that time he was thrashing
wheat in the floor.

21 And as David was coming to Ornan,
Ornan saw him, and went out of the
thrashingfloor to meet him, and bowed
down to him with his face to the ground.

22 And David said to him: Give me this
place of thy thrashingfloor, that I may
build therein an altar to the Lord: but
thou shalt take of me as much money as
it is worth, that the plague may cease
from the people.

23 And Ornan said to David: Take it,
and let my lord the king do all that
pleaseth him: and moreover the oxen
also I give for a holocaust, and the drays
for wood, and the wheat for the sacrifice:
I will give it all willingly.

24 And king David said to him: It shall
not be so, but I will give thee money as
much se it is worth: for I must not take
it from thee, and so offer to the Lord
holocausts free cost.

25 So David gave to Ornan for the
place, six hundred sides of gold of just
weight.

26 And he built there an altar to the
Lord: and he offered holocausts, and
peace offerings, and he called upon the
Lord, and he heard him by sending Are
from heaven upon the altar of the
holocaust.

27 And the Lord commanded the angel:
and he put up his sword again into the
sheath.

28 And David seeing that the Lord had
heard him in the thrashingfloor of Oman
the Jebusite, forthwith offered victims
there.

29 But the tabernacle of the Lord,
which Moses made in the desert, and
the altar of holocausts, was at that time
in the high place of Gabaon.

30 And David could not go to the altar
there to pray to God: for he was seized
with an exceeding great fear, seeing the
sword of the angel of the Lord.

Chapter 22

1 Then David said: This is the house
of God, and this is the altar for the
holocaust of Israel.

2 And he commanded to gather
together all the proselytes of the land of
Israel, and out of them he appointed
stonecutters to hew stones and polish
them, to build the house of God.

3 And David prepared in abundance
iron for the nails of the gates, and for
the closures and joinings: and of brass
an immense weight.

4 And the cedar trees were without
number, which the Sidonians, and
Tyrians brought to David.

5 And David said: Solomon my son is
very young and tender, and the house
which I would have to be built to the
Lord, must be such as to be renowned in
all countries: therefore I will prepare
him necessaries. And therefore before
his death he prepared all the charges.

6 And he called for Solomon his son:
and commanded him to build a house to
the Lord the God of Israel.

7 And David said to Solomon: My son,
it was my desire to have built a house to
the name of the Lord my God.

8 But the word of the Lord came to me,
saying: Thou hast shed much blood, and
fought many battles, so thou canst not
build a house to my name, after shedding
so much blood before me:

9 The son, that shall be born to thee,
shall be a most quiet man: for I will
make him rest from all his enemies
round about: and therefore he shall be
called Peaceable: and I will give peace
and quietness to Israel all his days.

10 He shall build a house to my name,
and he shall be a son to me, and I will be
a father to him: and I will establish the
throne of his kingdom over Israel for
ever.

11 Now then, my son, the Lord be with
thee, and do thou prosper, and build the
house to the Lord thy God, as he hath
spoken of thee.

12 The Lord also give thee wisdom and
understanding, that thou mayest be able
to rule Israel, and to keep the law of the
Lord thy God.

13 For then thou shalt be able to
prosper, if thou keep the commandments,
and judgments, which the Lord
commanded Moses to teach Israel: take
courage and act manfully, fear not, nor be
dismayed.

14 Behold I in my poverty have
prepared the charges of the house of the
Lord, of gold a hundred thousand talents,
and of silver a million of talents: but of
brass, and of iron there is no weight, for
the abundance surpasseth all account:
timber also and stones I have prepared
for all the charges.

15 Thou hast also workmen in
abundance, hewers of stones, and masons, and
carpenters, and of all trades the most
skilful in their work,

16 In gold, and in silver, and in brass,
and in iron, whereof there is no number.
Arise then, and be doing, and the Lord
will be with thee.

17 David also charged all the princes of
Israel, to help Solomon his son,

18 Saying: You see, that the Lord your
God is with you, and hath given you
rest round about, and hath delivered all
your enemies into your hands, and the
land is subdued before the Lord, and be-
fore his people.

19 Give therefore your hearts and your
souls, to seek the Lord your God: and
arise, and build a sanctuary to the Lord
God, that the ark of the covenant of the
Lord, and the vessels consecrated to the
Lord, may be brought into the house,
which is built to the name of the Lord.

Chapter 23

1 And David being old and full of days,
made Solomon his son king over
Israel.

2 And he gathered together all the
princes of Israel, and the priests and
Levites.

3 And the Levites were numbered from
the age of thirty years, and upwards:
and there were found of them
thirty-eight thousand men.

4 Of these twenty-four thousand were
chosen, and distributed unto the
ministry of the house of the Lord: and six
thousand were the overseers and judges.

5 Moreover four thousand were porters:
and as many singers singing to the Lord
with the instruments, which he had made
to sing with.

6 And David distributed them into
courses by the families of the sons of
Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and
of Merari.

7 The sons of Gerson were Leedan and
Semei.

8 The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel,
and Zethan, and Joel, three.

9 The sons of Semei: Salomith, and
Hosiel, and Aran, three: these were the
heads of the families of Leedan.

10 And the sons of Semei were Leheth,
and Ziza, and Jaus, and Baria: these
were the sons of Semei, four.

11 And Leheth was the first, Ziza the
second: but Jaus and Baria had not
many children, and therefore they were
counted in one family, and in one house.

12 The sons of Caath were Amram, and
Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel, four.

13 The sons of Amram, Aaron, and
Moses. And Aaron was separated to
minister in the holy of holies, he and
his sons for ever, and to burn incense
before the Lord, according to his
ceremonies, and to bless his name for ever.

14 The sons also of Moses, the man of
God, were numbered in the tribe of
Levi.

15 The sons of Moses were Gersom and
Eliezer:

16 The sons of Gersom: Subuel the first.

17 And the sons of Eliezer were:
Rohobia the first: and Eliezer had no more
sons. But the sons of Rohobia were
multiplied exceedingly.

18 The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first.

19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first,
Amarias the second, Jahaziel the third,
Jecmaam the fourth.

20 The sons of Oziel: Micha the first,
Jesia the second.

21 The sons of Merari: Moholi, and
Musi. The sons of Moholi: Eleazar and
Cia.

22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons
but daughters: and the sons of Cis their
brethren took them.

23 The sons of Musi: Moholi, and Eder,
and Jerimoth, three.

24 These are the sons of Levi in their
kindreds and families, princes by their
courses, and the number of every head
that did the works of the ministry of the
house of the Lord from twenty years old
and upward.

25 For David said: The Lord the God
of Israel hath given rest to his people,
and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever.

26 And it shall not be the office of the
Levites to carry any more the tabernacle,
and all the vessels for the service thereof.

27 So according to the last precepts of
David, the sons of Levi are to be
numbered from twenty years old and upward.

28 And they are to be under the hand
of the sons of Aaron for the service of
the house of the Lord, in the porches,
and in the chambers, and in the place
of purification, and in the sanctuary, and
in all the works of the ministry of the
temple of the Lord.

29 And the priests have the charge of
the leaves of proposition, and of the
sacrifice of fine flour, and of the unleavened
cakes, and of the fryingpan, and of the
roasting, and of every weight and
measure.

30 And the Levites are to stand in the
morning to give thanks, and to sing
praises to the Lord: and in like manner
in the evening,

31 As well in the oblation of the
holocausts of the Lord, as in the sabbaths
and in the new moons, and the rest of
the solemnities, according to the number
and ceremonies prescribed for every
thing, continually before the Lord.

32 And let them keep the observances
of the tabernacle of the covenant, and
the ceremonies of the sanctuary, and
the charge of the sons of Aaron their
brethren, that they may minister in the
house of the Lord.

Chapter 24

1 Now these were the divisions of the
sons of Aaron: The sons of Aaron:
Nadab, and Abiu, and Eleazar, and
Ithamar.

2 But Nadab and Abiu died before their
father, and had no children: so Eleazar,
and Ithamar did the office of the
priesthood.

3 And David distributed them, that is,
Sadoc of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech
of the sons of Ithamar, according to
their courses and ministry.

4 And there were found many more of
the sons of Eleazar among the principal
men, than of the sons of Ithamar. And
he divided them so, that there were of
the sons of Eleazar, sixteen chief men by
their families: and of the sons of Ithamar
eight by their families and houses.

5 And he divided both the families one
with the other by lot: for there were
princes of the sanctuary, and princes of
God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of
the sons of Ithamar.

6 And Semeias the son of Nathanael the
scribe a Levite, wrote them down before
the king and the princes, and Sadoc the
priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar,
and the princes also of the priestly
and Levitical families: one house, which
was over the rest, of Eleazar: and
another house, which had the rest under it,
of Ithamar.

7 Now the first lot came forth to Joiarib,
the second to Jedei,

8 The third to Harim, the fourth to
Seorim,

9 The fifth to Melchia, the sixth to
Maiman,

10 The seventh to Accos, the eighth to
Abia,

11 The ninth to Jesua, the tenth to
Sechenia,

12 The eleventh to Eliasib, the twelfth
to Jacim,

13 The thirteenth to Hoppha, the
fourteenth to Isbaab,

14 The fifteenth to Belga, the sixteenth
to Emmer,

15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the
eighteenth to Aphses,

16 The nineteenth to Pheteia, the
twentieth to Hezechiel,

17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the
two and twentieth to Gamul,

18 The three and twentieth to Dalaiau,
the four and twentieth to Maaziau.

19 These are their courses according to
their ministries, to come into the house
of the Lord, and according to their
manner under the hand of Aaron their father:
as the Lord the God of Israel had
commanded.

20 Now of the rest of the sons of Levi,
there was of the sons of Amram, Subael:
and of the sons of Subael, Jehedeia.

21 Also of the sons of Rohobia the chief
Jesias.

22 And the son of Isaar Salemoth, and
the son of Salemoth Jahath:

23 And his son Jeriau the first, Amarias
the second, Jahaziel the third, Jecmaan
the fourth.

24 The son of Oziel, Micha: the son of
Micha, Samir.

25 The brother of Micha, Jesia: and the
son of Jesia, Zacharias.

26 The sons of Merari: Moholi and
Musi: the son of Oziau: Benno.

27 The son also of Merari: Oziau, and
Seam, and Zacchur, and Hebri.

28 And the son of Moholi: Eleazar, who
had no sons.

29 And the son of Cis, Jeramael.

30 The sons of Musi: Moholi, Eder, and
Jerimoth. These are the sons of Levi
according to the houses of their
families.

31 And they also cast lots over against
their brethren the sons of Aaron before
David the king, and Sadoc, and Ahimelech,
and the princes of the priestly and
Levitical families, both the elder and the
younger. The lot divided all equally.

Chapter 25

1 Moreover David and the chief
.officers of the army separated for
the ministry the sons of Asaph, and of
Heman, and of Idithun : to prophesy with
harps, and with psalteries, and with
cymbals according to their number serving in
their appointed office.

2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zacchur, and
Joseph, and Nathania, and Asarela, sons
of Asaph: under the hand of Asaph
prophesying near the king.

3 And of Idithun: the sons of Idithun,
Godolias, Serf, Jeseias, and Hasabias, and
Mathathias, six, under the hand of their
father Idithun, who prophesied with a
harp to give thanks and to praise the
Lord.

5 All these were the sons of Heman the
seer of the king in the words of God, to
lift up the horn: and God gave to Heman
fourteen sons and three daughters.

6 All these under their father's hand
were distributed to sing in the temple of
the Lord, with cymbals, and psalteries
and harps, for the service of the house
of the Lord near the king: to wit, Asaph,
and Idithun, and Heman.

7 And the number of them with their
brethren, that taught the song of the
Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred
and eighty-eight,

8 And they cast lots by their courses,
the elder equally with the younger, the
learned and the unlearned together.

9 And the first lot came forth to Joseph,
who was of Asaph. The second to
Godolias, to him and his sons, and his
brethren twelve.

10 The third to Zachur, to his sons and
his brethren twelve.

11The fourth to Isari, to his sons and
his brethren twelve.

12 The fifth to Nathania, to his sons and
his brethren twelve.

13 The sixth to Bocciau, to his sons and
his brethren twelve.

14 The seventh to Isreela, to his sons
and his brethren twelve.

15 The eighth to Jesaia, to his sons and
his brethren twelve.

16 The ninth to Mathanaias, to his sons
and his brethren twelve.

17 The tenth to Semeias, to his sons and
his brethren twelve.

18 The eleventh to Azareel, to his sons
and his brethren twelve.

19 The twelfth to Hasabia, to his sons
and his brethren twelve.

20 The thirteenth to Subael, to his sons
and his brethren twelve.

21 The fourteenth to Mathathias, to his
sons and his brethren twelve.

22 The fifteenth to Jerimoth, to his sons
and his brethren twelve.

23 The sixteenth to Hananias, to his
sons and his brethren twelve.

24 The seventeenth to Jesbacassa, to his
sons and his brethren twelve.

25 The eighteenth to Hanani, to his sons
and his brethren twelve.

26 The nineteenth to Mellothi, to his
sons and his brethren twelve.

27 The twentieth to Eliatha, to his sons
and his brethren twelve.

28 The one and twentieth to Othir, to
his sons and his brethren twelve.

29 The two and twentieth to Geddelthi,
to his sons and his brethren twelve.

30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth,
to his sons and his brethren twelve.

31The four and twentieth to Romemthiezer,
to his sons and his brethren
twelve.

Chapter 26

1 And the divisions of the porters: of
the Corites Meselemia, the son of
Core, of the sons of Asaph.

2 The sons of Meselemia: Zacharias the
firstborn, Jadihel the second, Zabadias
the third, Jathanael the fourth,

3 Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth,
Elioenai the seventh.

4 And the sons of Obededom, Semeias
the firstborn, Jozabad the second, Joaha
the third, Sachar the fourth, Nathanael
the fifth,

5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the
seventh, Phollathi the eighth: for the Lord
had blessed him.

6 And to Semei his son were born sons,
herds of their families: for they were
men of great valour.

7 The sons then of Semeias were Othni,
and Raphael, and Obed, Elizabad, and his
brethren most valiant men: and Eliu,
and Samachias.

8 All these of the sons of Obededom:
they, and their sons, and their brethren
most able men for service, sixty-two of
Obededom.

9 And the sons of Meselemia, and their
brethren strong men, were eighteen.

10 And of Hosa, that is, of the sons of
Merari: Semri the chief, (for he had not
a firstborn, and therefore his father made
him chief.)

11 Helcias the second, Tabelias the
third, Zacharias the fourth: all these the
sons, and the brethren of Hosa, were
thirteen.

12 Among these were the divisions of
the porters, so that the chiefs of the
wards, as well as their brethren, always
ministered in the house of the Lord.

13 And they cast lots equally, both little
and great, by their families for every one
of the gates.

14 And the lot of the east fell to
Selemias. But to his son Zacharias, a very
wise and learned man, the north gate fell
by lot.

15 And to Obededom and his sons that
towards the south: in which part of the
house was the council of the ancients.

16 To Sephim, and Hosa towards the
west, by the gate which leadeth to the
way of the ascent: ward against ward.

17 Now towards the east were six
Levites: and towards the north four a day:
and towards the south likewise four a
day: and where the council was, two and
two.

18 In the cells also of the porters
toward the west four in the way: and two
at every cell.

19 These are the divisions of the porters
of the sons of Core, and of Merari.

20 Now Achias was over the treasures
of the house of God, and the holy vessels.

21 The sons of Ledan, the sons of
Gersonni: of Ledan were heads of the
families, of Ledan, and Gersonni, Jehieli.

22 The sons of Jehieli: Zathan and Joel,
his brethren over the treasures of the
house of the Lord,

23 With the Amramites, and Isaarites,
and Hebronites, and Ozielites.

24 And Subael the son of Gersom, the
son of Moses, was chief over the
treasures.

25 His brethren also, Eliezer, whose son
Rohobia, and his son Isaias, and his son
Joram, and his son Zechri, and his son
Selemith.

26 Which Selemith and his brethren
were over the treasures of the holy
things, which king David, and the heads
of families, and the captains over
thousands and over hundreds, and the
captains of the host had dedicated,

27 Out of the wars, and the spoils won
in battles, which they had consecrated to
the building and furniture of the temple
of the Lord.

28 And all these things that Samuel the
seer and Saul the son of Cis, and Abner
the son of Ner, and Joab the son of
Sarvia had sanctified: and whosoever had
sanctified those things, they were under
the hand of Selemith and his brethren.

29 But Chonenias and his sons were
over the Isaarites, for the business
abroad over Israel to teach them and
judge them.

30 And of the Hebronites Hasabias, and
his brethren most able men, a thousand
seven hundred had the charge over Israel
beyond the Jordan westward, in all
the works of the Lord, and for the
service of the king.

31 And the chief of the Hebronites was
Jeria according to their families and
kindreds. In the fortieth year of the reign
of David they were numbered, and there
were found most valiant men in Jazer
Galaad,

32 And his brethren of stronger age, two
thousand seven hundred chiefs of
families. And king David made them rulers
over the Rubenites and the Gadites, and
the half tribe of Manasses, for all the
service of God, and the king.

Chapter 27

1 Now the children of Israel according
to their number, the heads of families,
captains of thousands and of
hundreds, and officers, that served the king
according to their companies, who came
in and went out every month in the year,
under every chief were four and twenty
thousand.

2 Over the first company the first month
Jesboam, the son of Zabdiel was chief,
and under him were four and twenty
thousand.

3 Of the sons of Phares, the chief of all
the captains in the host in the first
month.

4 The company of the second month
was under Dudia, an Ahohite, and after
him was another named Macelloth, who
commanded a part of the army of four
and twenty thousand.

5 And the captain of the third company
for the third month, was Banaias the son
of Joiada the priest: and in his division
were four and twenty thousand.

6 This is that Banaias the most valiant
among the thirty, and above the thirty.
And Amizabad his son commanded his
company.

7 The fourth, for the fourth month, was
Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zabadias
his son after him: and in his company
were four and twenty thousand.

8 The fifth captain for the fifth month,
was Samaoth a Jezerite: and his
company were four and twenty thousand.

9 The sixth, for the sixth month, was
Hira the son of Acces a Thecuite: and in
his company were four and twenty
thousand.

10 The seventh, for the seventh month,
was Helles a Phallonite of the sons of
Ephraim: and in his company were four
and twenty thousand.

11 The eighth, for the eighth month, was
Sobochai a Husathite of the race of
Zarahi: and in his company were four
and twenty thousand.

12 The ninth, for the ninth month, was
Abiezer an Anathothite of the sons of
Jemini, and in His company were four
and twenty thousand.

13 The tenth, for the tenth month, was
Marai, who was a Netophathite of the
race of Zarai: and in his company were
four and twenty thousand.

14 The eleventh, for the eleventh month,
was Banaias, a Pharathonite of the sons
of Ephraim: and in his company were
four and twenty thousand.

15 The twelfth, for the twelfth month,
was Holdai a Netophathite, of the race
of Gothoniel: and in his company were
four and twenty thousand.

16 Now the chiefs over the tribes of
Israel were these: over the Rubenites,
Eliezer the son of Zechri was ruler: over
the Simeonites, Saphatias the son of
Maacha :

17 Over the Levites, Hasabias the son of
Camuel: over the Aaronites, Sadoc:

18 Over Juda, Eliu the brother of David:
over Issachar, Amri the son of Michael:

19 Over the Zabulonites, Jesmaias the
son of Adias : over the Nephtalites,
Jerimoth the son of Ozriel:

20 Over the sons of Ephraim, Osee the:
son of Ozaziu: over the half tribe of
Manasses, Joel the son of Phadaia:

21 And over the half tribe of Manasses:
in Galaad, Jaddo the son of Zacharias:
and over Benjamin, Jasiel the son of
Abner.

22 And over Dan, Ezrihel the son of
Jeroham: these were the princes of the
children of Israel.

23 But David would not number them
from twenty years old and under: because
the Lord had said that he would multiply
Israel like the stars of heaven.

24 Joab the son of Sarvia began to
number, but he finished not: because
upon this there fell wrath upon Israel:
and therefore the number of them that
were numbered, was not registered in the
chronicles of king David.

25 And over the king's treasures was
Azmoth the son of Adiel: and over those
stores which were in the cities, and is the
villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan
the son of Ozias.

26 And over the tillage, and the
husbandmen, who tilled the ground, was Ezri
the son of Chelub:

27 And over the dressers of the
vineyards, was Semeias a Romathite: and
over the wine cellars, Zabdias an Aphonite.

28 And over the oliveyards and the fig
groves, which were in the plains, was
Balanam a Gederite: and over the oil
cellars, Joas.

29 And over the herds that fed in Saron,
was Setrai a Saronite: and over the. oxen
in the valleys, Saphat the son of Adli:

30 And over the camels, Ubil an Ishmahelite:
and over the asses, Jadias a Meronathite:

31 And over the sheep Jazia an Agarene.
All these were the rulers of the substance
of king David.

32 And Jonathan David's uncle, a
counsellor, a wise and learned man: he and
Jahiel the son of Hachamoni were with
the king's sons.

33 And Achitophel was the king's counsellor,
and Chusai the Arachite, the king's
friend.

34 And after Achitophel was Joiada the
son of Banaias, and Abiathar. And the
general of the king's army was Joab.

Chapter 28

1 And David assembled all the chief
men of Israel, the princes of the
tribes, and the captains of the companies,
who waited on the king: and the
captains over thousands, and over hundreds,
and them who had the charge over the
substance and possessions of the king,
and his sons with the officers of the
court, and the men of power, and all the
bravest of the army at Jerusalem.

2 And the king rising up, and standing
said: Hear me, my brethren and my
people: I had a thought to have built a
house, in which the ark of the Lord, and
the footstool of our God might rest:
and I prepared all things for the building.

3 And God said to me: Thou shalt not
build a house to my name: because thou
art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

4 But the Lord God of Israel chose me
of all the house of my father, to be king
over Israel for ever: for of Juda he chose
the princes: and of the house of Juda,
my father's house: and among the sons
of my father, it pleased him to choose
me king over all Israel.

5 And among my sons (for the Lord
hath given me many sons) he hath chosen
Solomon my son, to sit upon the throne
of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

6 And he said to me: Solomon thy son
shall build my house, and my courts: for
I have chosen him to be my son, and I
will be a father to him.

7 And I will establish his kingdom for
ever, if he continue to keep my
commandments, and my judgments, as at
this day.

8 Now then before all the assembly of
Israel, in the hearing of our God, keep
ye, and seek all the commandments of
the Lord our God: that you may possess
the good land, and may leave it to your
children after you for ever.

9 And thou my son Solomon, know the
God of thy father, and serve him with a
perfect heart, and a willing mind: "for
the Lord searcheth all hearts, and under-
standeth all the thoughts of minds. If
thou seek him, thou shalt find him: but
if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off
for ever.

10 Now therefore seeing the Lord hath
chosen thee to build the house of the
sanctuary, take courage, and do it.

11 And David gave to Solomon his son
a description of the porch, and of the
temple, and of the treasures, and of the
upper floor, and of the inner chambers,
and of the house for the mercy seat,

12 As also of all the courts, which he
had in his thought, and of the chambers
round about, for the treasures of the
house of the Lord, and for the treasures
of the consecrated things,

13 And of the divisions of the priests
and of the Levites, for all the works of
the house of the Lord, and for all the
vessels of the service of the temple of
the Lord.

14 Gold by weight for every vessel for
the ministry. And silver by weight ac-
cording to the diversity of the vessels
and uses.

15 He gave also gold for the golden
candlesticks, and their lamps, according
to the dimensions of every candlestick,
and the lamps thereof. In like manner
also he gave silver by weight for the
silver candlesticks, and for their lamps
according to the diversity of the dimensions
of them.

16 He gave also gold for the tables of
proposition, according to the diversity
of the tables: in like manner also silver
for other tables of silver.

17 For fleshhooks also, and bowls, and
censers of fine gold, and for little lions
of gold, according to the measure he
gave by weight, for every lion. In like
manner also for lions of silver he set
aside a different weight of silver.

18 And for the altar of incense, he gave
the purest gold: and to make the likeness
of the chariot of the cherubims
spreading their wings, and covering the
ark of the covenant of the Lord.

19 All these things, said he, came to me
written by the hand of the Lord that I
might understand all the works of the
pattern.

20 And David said to Solomon his son:
Act like a man, and take courage, and
do: fear not, and be not dismayed: for
the Lord my God will be with thee, and
will not leave thee, nor forsake thee, till
thou hast finished all the work for the
service of the house of the Lord.

21 Behold the courses of the priests and
the Levites, for every ministry of the
house of the Lord, stand by thee, and
are ready, and both the princes, and the
people know how to execute all thy
commandments.

Chapter 29

1 And king David said to all the assembly:
Solomon my son, whom alone
God hath chosen, is as yet young and
tender: and the work is great, for a
house is prepared not for man, but for
God.

2 And I with all my ability have
prepared the expenses for the house of my
God. Gold for vessels of gold, and
silver for vessels of silver, brass for things
of brass, iron for things of iron, wood for
things of wood: and onyx stones, and
stones like alabaster, and of divers
colours, and all manner of precious stones,
and marble of Paros in great abundance.

3 Now over and above the things which
I have offered into the house of my God
I give of my own proper goods, gold and
silver for the temple of my God, beside
what things I have prepared for the holy
house.

4 Three thousand talents of gold of the
gold of Ophir: and seven thousand
talents of refined silver, to overlay the
walls of the temple.

5 And gold for wheresoever there is
need of gold: and silver for wheresoever
there is need of silver, for the
works to be made by the hands of the
artificers: now if any man is willing to
offer, let him fill his hand to day, and
offer what he pleaseth to the Lord.

6 Then the heads of the families, and
the princes of the tribes of Israel, and
the captains of thousands, and of
hundreds, and the overseers of the king's
possessions promised,

7 And they gave for the works of the
house of the Lord, of gold, five thousand
talents, and ten thousand solids: of
silver ten thousand talents: and of brass
eighteen thousand talents: and of iron a
hundred thousand talents.

8 And all they that had stones, gave
them to the treasures of the house of the
Lord, by the hand of Jahiel the
Gersonite.

9 And the people rejoiced, when they
promised their offerings willingly:
because they offered them to the Lord with
all their heart: and David the king
rejoiced also with a great joy.

10 And he blessed the Lord before all
the multitude, and he said: Blessed art
thou, O Lord the God of Israel, our father
from eternity to eternity.

11 Thine, O Lord, is magnificence, and
power, and glory, and victory: and to
thee is praise: for all that is in heaven,
and in earth, is thine: thine is the
kingdom, O Lord, and thou art above all
princes.

12 Thine are riches, and thine is glory,
thou hast dominion over all, in thy hand
is power and might: in thy hand
greatness, and the empire of all things.

13 Now therefore our God we give
thanks to thee, and we praise thy
glorious name.

14 Who am I, and what is my people,
that we should be able to promise thee
all these things? all things are thine:
and we have given thee what we
received of thy hand.

15 For we are sojourners before thee,
and strangers, as were all our fathers.
Our days upon earth are as a shadow,
and there is no stay.

16 O Lord our God, all this store that
we have prepared to build thee a house
for thy holy name, is from thy hand, and
all things are thine.

17 I know my God that thou provest
hearts, and lovest simplicity, wherefore
I also in the simplicity of my heart, have
joyfully offered all these things: and I
have seen with great joy thy people,
which are here present, offer thee their
offerings.

18 O Lord God of Abraham, and of
Isaac, and of Israel our fathers, keep for
ever this will of their heart, and let this
mind remain always for the worship of
thee.

19 And give to Solomon my son a
perfect heart, that he may keep thy
commandments, thy testimonies, and thy
ceremonies, and do all things: and build
the house, for which I have provided the
charges.

20 And David commanded all the
assembly: Bless ye the Lord our God. And
all the assembly blessed the Lord the
God of their fathers: and they bowed
themselves and worshipped God, and
then the king.

21 And they sacrificed victims to the
Lord: and they offered holocausts the
next day, a thousand bullocks, a
thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their
libations, and with every thing
prescribed most abundantly for all Israel.

22 And they ate, and drank before the
Lord that day with great joy. And
they anointed the second time Solomon
the son of David. And they anointed
him to the Lord to be prince, end Sadoc
to be high priest.

23 And Solomon sat on the throne of
the Lord as king instead of David his
father, and he pleased all: and all Israel
obeyed him.

24 And all the princes, and men of
power, and all the sons of king David
gave their hand, and were subject to
Solomon the king.

25 And the Lord magnified Solomon
over all Israel: and gave him the glory
of a reign, such as no king of Israel had
before him.

26 So David the son of Isai reigned
over all Israel.

27 And the days that he reigned over
Israel, were forty years: in Hebron he
reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem
three and thirty years.

28 And he died in a good age, full of
days, and riches, and glory. And Solomon
his son reigned in his stead.

29 Now the acts of king David first and
last are written in the book of Samuel
the seer, and in the book of Nathan the
prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer:

30 And of all his reign, and his valour,
and of the times that passed under him,
either in Israel, or in all the kingdoms
of the countries.